Purely Academic

The most recent Purely Academic columns:

Attending a Conference, Looking for an Exit  March 27

Terry Caesar recalls presentations in search of an audience, and other awkward moments. more

Can I See My Grade?  March 4

Terry Caesar considers how he answers this most annoying of student questions. more

Composition and Cookies  Jan. 22

Terry Caesar considers the relationship between the traditional role of faculty wife and the role of today’s adjunct. more

Past columns

Below, find all previously published Purely Academic columns.

• Faking It, With 2 Books and More  Oct. 25, 2007
• Do I Dare Eat a Peach?  Sept. 27, 2007
• Saving 30 Years  June 11, 2007
• Turning 30: A Self-Interview  May 15, 2007
• How I Wrote My Dissertation  March 19, 2007
• Call Me  Feb. 16, 2007
• Friends and Colleagues  Jan. 2, 2007
• Who’s the Boss?  Nov. 21, 2006
• A Place to Read  Oct. 19, 2006
• Grading Francisco  Aug. 29, 2006
• RateMyProfessors — or His Shoes Are Dirty  July 28, 2006
• The Life and Times of T-Shirts  July 13, 2006
• Leopards in the Temple  June 12, 2006
• Adjuncts and Ignorance in Collaborative Learning  April 27, 2006
• The Other Conference  April 4, 2006
• The Time of Dead Grandmothers  March 14, 2006
• Wanting and Not Wanting to Hit Each Other  Feb. 3, 2006
• The Dog in the Classroom  Dec. 30, 2005
• In Praise of Librarians  Nov. 16, 2005
• One Cheer for Meetings  Oct. 12, 2005
• The President and the World  Sept. 26, 2005
• Believing in Parking  Aug. 25, 2005
• No Joke  Aug. 1, 2005
• Cheating in a Time of Extenuating Circumstances  July 8, 2005
• A Room and a View  June 17, 2005
• Fit to Be Tied  April 29, 2005
• The Importance of Elsewhere  April 8, 2005
• Going to the Bathroom  March 4, 2005
• Against Syllabi  Jan. 27, 2005
• The Foreign Student as Terrorist  Jan. 14, 2005